PTA Events
2023-2024
March 2024
Congratulations Isla S on creating this awesome doodle for us!! 👏
Ms Keyes was our judge for this week. Here's what she had to say about the winning doodle " Between the adorable pup and the beautiful use of color, looking at this doodle puts a smile on my face. The artist put in lots of effort and the final result is an awesome piece of artwork. Great work!"
Spring Book Fair
March 19-22
We surpassed our fundraising goal this time!!! Yaay!
Thank you so much Live Oak Community for supporting the Fall book Fair! As always, your purchases help the school build a better library for our children.
Special thanks to our volunteers without who we could not have had a successful event - Shawn Kathka, Priya Thakkar, Nagi Radhakrishnan, Amrita Sarkar,
Farrah Rachman, Reshma Govind, Mehul Shah and Prachi Shah. Special thanks to our chair Suchita Ghosh for ensuring that the entire event ran smoothly and Ms Mimi LeGate for being such a fun, knowledge able and caring Librarian at Live Oak Elementary!
Live Oak Talent Show
March 22
Thank You for Making Our Talent Show Shine!
A big thank you to the organizers and parents for making Live Oak PTA talent show a resounding success! Your support and dedication made all the difference. From captivating performances to heartwarming acts, each participant brought something unique and special to the event. Here's to celebrating the incredible talents of our students and the wonderful community spirit that made it all possible!
Presenting our 3rd Doodle Showcase Winner!
Congratulations Kohinoor S on creating this awesome doodle for us!! 👏
Here are a few words from our judge for this week Ms Samra " This doodle shows how nurtured our students feel at Live Oak. It also symbolizes a growth mindset which is so important in order to learn and practice hard things every day until we feel successful at them!"
We will proudly display your artwork on the PTA website for the next couple of weeks! We've also found a special place for it in header of today's newsletter edition.
Want to see your doodle being showcased next? Participate now! Hurry! Last showcase left. Contest closes in 2 weeks!
Jan-Feb 2024
Doodle Showcase
Feb 28, 2024
Presenting our 2nd Doodle Showcase Winner!
Congratulations Aarohan V on creating this awesome doodle for us!!
Here are a few words from our judge for this week Ms LeGate "I love the use of color and white space. There is a wonderful sense of flow within a static image and best of all I feel great joy when I look a this image. "
Virtual Math Night
Feb 15, 2024
It was an amazing night of math! Kids had a very engaging and fun time along with story telling to learn math concepts with the WonderMath team.
K-3 students focused on modeling and interpreting division (w/2 and 3) as numbers of groups and sizes of groups. 4-5 students learnt area models, multiplication and division to show equivalence of fractions. Kids loved earning the gems as they solved the problems during the session!
How to use the gems you earned?? You can use the gems when you register for 4 free sessions. See below to know how to register.
Did you miss the virtual math night?? We missed you at this fun event.
Wondermath is offering 4 free sessions to ALL Live Oak Students. Here are instructions to use their free services:
Go to www.wondermath.com and click the red “Get Started Today” button in the top right corner of your screen.
Follow the on screen enrollments steps.
At checkout, use code “LIVEOAK4” this coupon code will adjust your balance due to $0.00.
You’re all done! If you have any questions, please reach out to info@wondermath.com and someone from our support team will follow up with you soon.
Community Dine Out
@ Dos Coyotes
Feb 12 - Feb 16, 2024
We thank the Live Oak community for your participation in the Community Dine Out event held at Dos Coyotes in San Ramon. Special thanks to Mr Fong for joining us for lunch and supporting the PTA.
Keep an eye out for future community night outs, it’s a great way to meet other Live Oak families and get to know each other.
PTA Family Bowling
Feb 04, 2024
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Family Bowling event. It was a great event with a lot of fun and energy!
Huge thanks to our Family Bowling Chair Therese Kathka and her family who organized the various activities for kids- Tattoos, scavenger hunt, jokes, bowling bingo, photo booth - to enjoy along with bowling. Thanks to Daniel Bae for the photo printer equipment for the event. Thanks to all DVHS NHS volunteers as well as volunteer parents who pitched in to make this event a success! Thanks to our platinum sponsor, Yogi Sharma!
Dec 2023
Teacher and Staff Holiday Luncheon
Dec 14, 2023
The teachers and staff enjoyed a fabulous buffet lunch from Rigatoni’s today! PTA team also added holiday decor to the staff lounge to give it a fun festive feel! Thank you Live Oak staff for all that you do for our children! We wish everyone a lovely winter break!
Book Club
Sep- Dec 2023
Fall Book Club wrapped up this week. Great job readers! Everyone did an AMAZING job reading, thinking, and discussing the books. Some enjoyed the books and others did not, but everyone tried 3 new books this Fall and had a great attitude. Keep reading!!
Thanks to the parent volunteers for each grade level - Anum Bashir, Joseph Mainò, Deepti Khare, Prasanna Muthireddy, Kiran Harsrai, Reshma Govind, Sindhya Govind and Nagi Sudhir for all your help.
Special thanks to Wendy Sanchez and Shilpy Kapoor for chairing the book club.
Toy Drive
Nov 1- Dec 4, 2023
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the community for their incredible generosity this holiday season. Thanks to your overwhelming support, we not only met but surpassed our goal of providing 450 toys to Michelle Obama Elementary School, our Sister School! This is a combined effort of both Live Oak and Cal High communities! We want to express our deepest appreciation to the Student Council, PTA, representatives from Cal High, and every member of our community whose dedication and hard work made this achievement possible. Your unwavering commitment has truly made a difference, and we are immensely grateful for your contributions. Many thanks to Perin Sabuwala for chairing this initiative. Here’s wishing everyone a joyous holiday season!
Community Dine Out
Dec 13, 2023
Our PTA team took this opportunity to break bread together with Mr Fong at Mendocino Farms to celebrate and bond. Thank you to all the Live Oak families who participated in the community night out. Keep an eye out for future community night outs, it’s a great way to meet other Live Oak families and get to know each other.
Submission End date, Dec 01, 2023
Congratulations to Enaya A. (Mrs. Lopez’s class)! Your artwork will be featured on this year’s yearbook cover.
Thank you to our 17 artist participants in this year’s Live Oak Yearbook Cover Contest! They did a phenomenal job with their artwork.
We held two rounds of judging. The Live Oak PTA leadership team voted in round one and narrowed the field of seventeen down to six. We then invited a few Live Oak staff members to judge the final round. The judges were truly impressed with the art; all the kids should be proud of their work.
Nov 2023
Fall Book Club
Sep- Dec 2023
Great job book club readers!! Book club readers came prepared and ready to discuss the wonderful stories they read. Everyone enjoyed a light breakfast and had lots of fun! Special Thanks to all the parent volunteers who led thoughtful discussions. Last session of Fall Book Club will be one December 12th. On your mark, get set, READ! Happy reading readers!
Reflections Awards 2023-24
Nov 15, 2023
Thanks much to our Reflections chair JoAnne Lucero for coordinating the effort. You can view all reflection entries here.
Reflections council showcase to be held on 12/07 at 6pm in Dougherty Station Community Arts Center!
Fall Run Club
Sep- Nov 2023
Fall Run Club came to a close this week! We had a great run this season. We had a total of 30 participants who ran 121 miles in all! Great job kids.
Our top 3 runners for Fall 2023 Run Club. Congratulations!
Anoushka Pai (2nd grade): 13 miles
Anooj Shah (5th grade): 12 miles
Ikshan Rajak (Kinder): 11.2 miles
STEM night
Nov 15, 2023
We had STEM night yesterday at Live Oak. The event was a great hit with the kids. A huge thanks to Mr Shui for coordinating this event with RAFT and to the high school volunteers for helping with the stations.
Thanks to the Gold Sponsor for the event - The Coder School, San Ramon.
Oct 2023
Trunk or Treat
6:30pm, Oct 27 2023
We had our second annual Trunk or Treat event at Live Oak last Friday, October 27th. A huge thanks to all of the families who decorated their car trunks: Chi Shui, Uyen Nguyen, Lynnette Gomez, Daphne Thomas-Mirr, Deidre Wright, Mirna Macias, Therese Kathka, Vivian Conyers, Cary Chan, Tamanika Dayalan, Carloe Bothwell, Savitha Palepu, Tariq Hussain, Russell Sysum, Amanda Maino, Kiran Hansrai, Madeep Kaur, Sri Sudha Pandrangi and Janyce Spencer.. It was a spooktacular event! Thank you to all of the families who also donated candies, donated non-candy items and to our amazing volunteers. We couldn’t have this event without all of you!
Many thanks to Janyce Spencer for chairing the event and other volunteers Sapna RamananSri Sudha Pandrangi, Nagi Sudhir, Sindhya Govind, Shyamala Jayaraman and Madhvi Owen and of course, our NHS school volunteers for helping us run the event.
We also want to take a moment to thank our generous sponsors: Eye Level Learning Center and Yogi Sharma.
Run for Education
Sunday, Oct 8, 2023
A huge THANK YOU and applause to all the Live Oak families who registered and participated in the 40th Run for Education.
A big shout out to the Live Oak community for participating in the run in big numbers and supporting our school! YOU ROCK!
This year, we had a total of 83 registrants in different race categories. Many Congratulations to Casey Shafer for standing first place in the Male 40-44 Race Category for 5K!!!
EEC Coffee with the Principal
Oct 24, 2023
Thank you parents for joining our Exceptional Education Committee (EEC) Coffee with Principal Fong. We thoroughly enjoyed our time together, and the support you showed for your students! We look forward to continued collaboration with all of you!
Fall Book Club
Oct - Dec
The kids had a great time at our first session of Book Club this morning. Everyone participated and enjoyed breakfast. The groups had good, in-depth discussions about the characters and things they liked and disliked about the books. It was a great way for the children to see why it's important to read a variety of stories to help determine or find new interests.
Thank you to all the parent volunteers to who help led discussions and Ms. LeGate for helping with discussion questions and book discussions too!
Thank you Wendy Sanchez for coordinating volunteers for this event and Shilpy Kapoor for arranging the breakfast.
Book Club will meet again on Nov 14 and Dec 12.
Reflections
2023
Submissions are now officially closed for this year's Reflections. Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest!
Important Dates:
11/15 - Winners will be announced and recognition awards distributed during the LOPTA association Meeting on (All entries will be showcased in the MPR on the same evening)
12/7 - Council showcase at Dougherty Station Community Art Center. We'll display all original student Visual Art and Photography entries.
Fall Family Movie Night
Fri, Oct 06, 2023
We had a successful movie night event last night. Both indoors and outdoor screening were a big hit with our families.
A big shout out to Ms Shui for helping us arrange audio/video equipment and staying with us through the entire evening. Thanks to our principal, Mr Fong for facilitating it all.
Thanks to our PTA board and event planning for doing a fantastic job.
Many thanks to our parent volunteers Vanessa Santoro, Sapna Ramanan, Shyamala Jayaraman, Shalini Garimella, Sindhya Govind, Nagi Radhakrishnan and Sri Sudha. Vidhi Mody, Mandeep Kaur, Soumya Madabushi and of course, our NHS school volunteers for helping us with the effort.
Thank you Live Oak for all cooperation in helping us run a smooth event.
Community Dine out
The Kebab Shop
Oct 17, 2023
We greatly appreciate your participation in the Community Dine Out event held at The Kebab Shop in Pleasanton.
Thanks again for supporting your PTA!
Spirit Wear Distribution
Fri, Oct 6, 2023
Spirit Wear orders for all the kids were distributed to all class rooms on F
riday.
Our little volunteers helped us pack all the orders and organize them into batches ready to be delivered to classrooms.
If you have not received them yet or have questions, please drop an email to spiritwear@liveoakpta.net.
Sep 2023
Twin Day
Wednesday, Sep 27
Thank you to all our twins, triplets, and quadruplets for your participation! Live Oak's Special Spirit Day, hosted by our Student Council, was fun for all.
Thank you, Student Council, for your leadership in organizing such a wonderful event!
Blaze Pizza - Community dine out
Thu, Sep 28, 12-9pm
We greatly appreciate your participation in the Community Dine Out event held at Blaze pizza in San Ramon.
Thanks again for supporting your PTA!
Ice Cream Social / PTA Association Meeting
Wednesday, Sept 20, 2023, 6:15PM
OPEN TO ALL LIVE OAK FAMILIES
Thank you Live Oak families for joining us at the Ice Cream Social and Association Meeting yesterday. We had a great turn out with more than 150 friends joining. Our little friends loved trying the different varieties of Ice Cream sundaes. Our Principal Mr Fong’s live demonstration on “How the public school system works in the US” was an eye opener for many and kids received it very well too. Families were successful in forming DI teams across Kinder through 5th grade levels.
A special shout out to the PTA leadership team and volunteers for making this event a grand success.Looking forward to many more family engagement events.
Fall Book Fair
Sept 11 - 15 2023
Thank you so much Live Oak for supporting the Fall book Fair! As always, your purchases help the school build a better library for our children.
Special thanks to our volunteers without who we could not have had a successful event - Lili Shiau, Jane Kong, Jeanna Aydelotte, Jenny Lee, Nagi Radhakrishnan, Triveni Papa Reddy, Shilpy Kapoor , Soumya Madabushi and Shyamala Jayaraman.
Thank you For your participation in the first run club meet of this season.
We will continue meet every Wednesday until Nov15, 2023. Click here to learn more
We greatly appreciate your participation in the Community Dine Out event held at On Fire Pizza in San Ramon.
Thanks again for supporting your PTA!
Aug 2023
Room Parent Meeting (Zoom)
Aug 25/Aug 28
On behalf of the LOPTA, we want to thank our room parent volunteers for attending the orientation session. Room parents will be in contact with their respective classes very soon. Please contact roomparent@liveoakpta.net with questions.
Community Dine out at Yersen Gelato
Tuesday, Aug 15 2023
We greatly appreciate your participation in the Community Dine Out event held at Yersen Gelato in Danville.
Thanks again for supporting your PTA!
TK/Kinder Welcome Coffee
Thursday, Aug 10 2023
Dear TK/Kinder families, Hope you enjoyed the meet and greet with the principal, staff and PTA. Welcome to Live Oak once again! We are excited to have you join our wonderful community and look forward to a great year ahead! if you'd like to learn more about volunteering with the PTA for events with us, click here.
Teachers and Staff Luncheon
Wednesday, Aug 9 2023
Thank you Live Oak Teachers and staff for all that you do. We are truly grateful! We hope you enjoyed the spread that we put together for the welcome lunch!
PTA extends a warm welcome to the all Live Oak Staff
New families - Meet and Greet
Thursday, Aug 3, 2023, 10:00am to 10:30am
It was pleasure welcoming new families to LO today. Thanks to student council for the school tours. Hope you enjoyed the little icy treats and meet and greet with the Principal! Welcome once again to Live Oak! We are excited to have you join our wonderful community and look forward to a great year ahead!
Click here to look at the LOPTA events from previous years.